Hiassen: my brain's so scrambled

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Marius Hancu - 27 Jan 2010 18:16 GMT

Hello:

"Scrambled"
does it mean
"confused"
or
"incapacitated/out of operation"
or
"tired?"

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[Chaz isn't too clear to the police]

"My brain's so scrambled today, I couldn't tell the sun from the
moon."

Carl Hiaasen, Skinny Dip, p. 57
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Thanks.
Marius Hancu

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Cheryl - 27 Jan 2010 18:18 GMT

> Hello:
>
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> Thanks.
> Marius Hancu

Confused. Like scrambled eggs, all mixed up. The brain might be confused
because of tiredness, but not necessarily. There are lots of things that
scramble brains.

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tony cooper - 27 Jan 2010 19:50 GMT

>> Hello:
>>
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>because of tiredness, but not necessarily. There are lots of things that
>scramble brains.

I've read the book (and all of Hiaasen's books), but I don't remember
- offhand - this character. Most of his characters have scrambled
minds. Some from dope, and some because they are
mentally...umm...challenged.

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Cheryl - 27 Jan 2010 22:33 GMT

>>> Hello:
>>>
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> minds. Some from dope, and some because they are
> mentally...umm...challenged.

I've read several of them, but not, I think, this one. Hiassen has a
very vivid turn of phrase.

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Roger Burton West - 28 Jan 2010 20:30 GMT

>"Scrambled"
>does it mean
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>or
>"tired?"

All of the above. More the first than the others, perhaps.

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Roger BW - BrE

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Marius Hancu - 28 Jan 2010 23:34 GMT

On Jan 28, 3:30 pm, Roger Burton West <roger
+aue201...@nospam.firedrake.org> wrote:

> >"Scrambled"
> >does it mean
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> All of the above. More the first than the others, perhaps.

All right, then.

Thank you all.
Marius Hancu

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Hiassen: my brain's so scrambled